chevrolegs n.pl.— «When gas is $1.35 around here (which it hasn’t been in years), I just use my Chevro-Legs a little more often.» —“Re: Shipping / Handling—Where do YOU work?” by Isaiah Beard (ibeard@pobox.com) Usenet: alt.cellular.sprintpcs Aug...
gas-brake dipping n.— «One popular example of kids acting hyphy or “going dumb” is “gas-brake dippin’.” In the Bay, they pile into their cars and, instead of driving normally, they’ll hit the gas, then quickly hit the brake; hit the gas, hit the...
elephant n.— «Though more than a thousand discoveries are made in the U.S. yearly, “elephant fields”—those containing proven recoverable reserves of 100 million barrels of oil, one trillion cubic feet of gas, or the equivalant in mixed reserves—are...
shut in n.— «About 300,000 barrels a day of wellhead capacity, representing about 70 per cent of Western Canada’s potential production, is shut in—a figure that is bound to increase later this year with the commissioning of the Fort McMurray...
shut in n.— «As it stormed into the Gulf with fierce winds, oil and gas producers moved workers from offshore rigs and platforms located throughout the central and eastern Gulf. This caused a hiatus in production, known as a “shut-in” in industry...
telltale n.— «The telltales for gas, oil, temperature, and battery voltage—standard, fixed icons that don’t change in real time—reside in the PROM memory.» —“Design A Minimum-Space Auto-Instrument Module” by Ralph Ong Electronic Design Aug. 4, 1989...